---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1149.15"
title: "45"
number: "1149.15"
heading: "How will the complaint be served?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1149.15"
---

# §1149.15. How will the complaint be served?

- (a) The complaint must be served on you as an individual directly, on a partnership through a general partner, and on corporations or on unincorporated associations through an executive officer or a director. Service may also be made on any person authorized by appointment or by law to receive process for you or a legal entity.
- (b) The complaint may be served either by:
  - (1) Registered or certified mail; or
  - (2) **Personal delivery by anyone 18 years of age or older.**
- (c) The date of service is the date of personal delivery or, in the case of service by registered or certified mail, the date of postmark.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. App. 8G(a)(2); 20 U.S.C. 959; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 31 U.S.C. 3801-3812.

### Source

Source: 79 FR 67081, Nov. 12, 2014, unless otherwise noted.